3DMark Vantage, Left 4 Dead 2 and Valve Source Tests
3DMark VantageA reliable and popular benchmark, 3DMark Vantage can provide a good insight into overall gaming performance of a system.
First, we see BIG improvements in the GPU score here from the E-350 thanks to the rapidly improving graphics drivers. The fact that AMD APUs are using essentially the same drive subset as the larger discrete graphics means that consumers will continue to see frequent improvements on these low cost, low power devices like we haven’t seen before.
Left 4 Dead 2
With Left 4 Dead 2 we continue to see how the combination of the 80 SIMD GPU units and the dual-core Bobcat core can take the performance crown away from even the Intel CULV offerings coupled with NVIDIA’s ION.
Valve Source Particle Simulation
Valve released this particle simulation test a while back for benchmarking platforms and CPUs.
Valve Source Map Compilation
More of a developer test than gamer test, this benchmark is indicative of how long it takes a system to compile a map.
Oddly the Atom D510 does great on the
multi-threaded physics test from Valve and the AMD E-350 takes the win
in the map compilation scores.
can i use an itx case with
can i use an itx case with 150watts psu on this one?
Yes. And I removed the cpu
Yes. And I removed the cpu fan.
I think MSI included one for some liability/warranty reason.
The board never gets hot enough to need a fan.
With a pico psu my system is dead silent.
Don’t expect to game with it. It’s a good Windows Media Server / NAS box.